Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: ក្អែកបន្លំធ្វើហង្ស

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

ក្អែកបន្លំធ្វើហង្ស

'The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.'

Thomas Jefferson

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The long tragedy of Cham history

“The process [‘Nam Tien’ or Vietnamese southward expansion] was well defined by Léopold Cadière in 1911: “As soon as they feel themselves able, they drive off the first inhabitants, whether in a peaceful manner, by taking over the land, clearing it and “planting the bamboo” – the hedges that to this day still surround Annamese gardens and villages – or by violence, then they fight with the Chams, destroying their temples and mutilating their statues.” In short, there was no room left for the Chams.”